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Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
The author discusses the three levels of flagrant inequality between Copts and Muslims in terms of their citizenship rights, arguing that though the situation is dismal, great efforts must be made to correct imbalances between Christians and Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2005
Memories of Rev. Dr. Otto Meinardus.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Jirjis Hilmī ‘Āzir discusses the thorny issue of Egyptian Christians converting to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) yesterday organized an intellectual panel with the participation of a number of Muslim and Christian religious leaders.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
Mamdouh Nakhla, who submitted a proposal to establish a Coptic party, answers questions about the objectives of such a party.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
At this critical period of Egypt’s history, the author argues that position of the Copts seems unclear as far as modernization and political reform are concerned.
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2005
In memory of Prof. Meinardus by Dr. Mary Massoud, Professor at Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2004
Egypt has always been famous for celebrating the mulids [a folkloric celebration of the birth of a saint] of walis [a Muslim saint] and Christian saints. Both Muslims and Christians celebrate together regardless their religion. The mulids of Al- Hussein [the Grandson of Prophet Mohammad], Al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Historically, in Al-Bahnasa alone, some twenty thousands nuns lived in convents. Many convents were also built in Fayoum, Cairo, Alexandria, and Lower Egypt in general during the fifth century. Most of these convents were destroyed during the Mamluk age In Cairo, four convents only survived.
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
We were saddened by the news that Patriarch Petros V11 of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and all Africa. The Patriarch died in an air crash as he was traveling within Greece. The sad news came during the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams visit to Cairo. Arch. bishop Williams...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.